The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY AND KNIGHTS TEMPLARthe lowest part four hundred and fifty feet, constructedentirely of white marble. The body of thetemple was in size much les, than many a modernparish church, for its 1length was but ninety feet, or,and itsincluding the porch, one hundred and five,width but thirty, being just twice the size of the oldor Sinaitic tabernacle. It was its outer courts, itsnumerous terraces, and the magnificenceternal and internal decorations, togetherof its ex-with itselevated position above the surrounding dwellings,which produced that splendor of appearance thatattracted the admiration of all who beheld it andgave cause for the queen of Sheba,* when it firstbroke upon her view, to exclaim in admiration, "AMost Excellent Master must have done this !"The twelve tribes of Israel were all engaged in itsconstruction, and for its erection David had collectedmore than four thousand millions of dollars, and184,600 men were engaged about seven and onehalfyears in building it after its; completionit wasdedicated by Solomon with solemn prayer, andseven days of fasting, during which a peace-offeringof twenty thousand oxen and six times thatnumber of sheep was made, to consume which theholy fire came down from heaven.The Exploration of Jerusalem.Recent explorations of Jerusalem by an associationknown as "The Palestine Exploration Fund" of1Temple measurements are based upon a cubit of eighteeninches.43